London, 21 jun (EFE).-physicians of the United Kingdom seconded today one strike of 24 hours, the first in almost 40 years, in protest at the reform of the sector pension system public.

the measure of force will oblige reduce medical only to emergency services and the neighbourhood health centres have indicated that requests for appointments will also be affected.

Nevertheless, the analysis for patients with diseases as cancer and maternity services will operate with normality.

most of the 104,000 members of the British Medical Association (BMA, by its acronym in English) have voted in favour of the strike to denounce the reform of the pension system that the British Government wants to impose.

the Chairman of the BMA, Hamish Meldrum, said today that the intention is not to affect the population, because ’our arguments are not related to people, but with the Government’.

Although as paramedics, keepers clinical sector workers and administrative staff have been called strikes recently, this is the first time that the Guild of doctors makes it since 1975 in the United Kingdom.

according to the pension system proposed by the Government, that reform approved in 2008 because it is considered “unsustainable”, the doctors must delay retirement from 65 to 68 years from 2015 and its contribution to social security will increase.

the Minister of health, Andrew Preceptos, said today that the BMA “does not recognize the political and economic reality” of the country.

“we all want more money but there, everybody has to tighten the belt”, added Preceptos.

the Executive of conservative-made Coalition argues that physicians remain with the new system pensions higher than the 53,000 pounds (66,500 euros) per year.

the Reform des Rentensystems Regierung hat die Einberufung der mehrere Demonstrationen der Protest aus verschiedenen Bereichen der öffentlichen Verwaltung Beamten aufgefordert. EFE